How Can You Love Someone You've Never Met? The Case of Angie's Catfish and the Hyperpersonal Model

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Utilizing the Internet to meet a romantic partner is not uncommon. In fact, the Pew Research Center found that about 30% of adults have used an online dating site (Anderson, Vogels, & Turner, 2020). Additionally, of those who had tried online dating, most people described their overall experience in positive, rather than negative, terms. However, the Pew Research Center also found that online daters tend to believe that dishonesty is a pervasive issue and 71% of online daters say that it is very common for people to lie about themselves to appear more desirable (Anderson et al., 2020).